William Glackens 1870-1938 (American),Central Park ca.1905,oil on canvas
Philadelphia-born and educated William Glackens was moved in 1895 to New York,where he continued to work as a successful newspaper and magazine illustrator.In 1904 he had given up illustration for painting.Yet his talent for which characterization,gesture,and composition continued to influence his art,as seen in this incident-filled scene of a snowy day in Central Park.Like his Ashcan colleague John Sloan,Glackens became an important advocate for progressive painting in the years after the 1913 Armory Show,heading artist organizations and shaping the important modernist collection of his childhood friend Albert C. Barnes.
William Glackens 1870-1938 (American),Central Park ca.1905,oil on canvas
Philadelphia-born and educated William Glackens was moved in 1895 to New York,where he continued to work as a successful newspaper and magazine illustrator.In 1904 he had given up illustration for painting.Yet his talent for which characterization,gesture,and composition continued to influence his art,as seen in this incident-filled scene of a snowy day in Central Park.Like his Ashcan colleague John Sloan,Glackens became an important advocate for progressive painting in the years after the 1913 Armory Show,heading artist organizations and shaping the important modernist collection of his childhood friend Albert C. Barnes.